Collection Of Passages Translated In The Prose Writings. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB CDEFGH BBII JKLMM N B B OBBP BQR BBS S TCBBBE T CUBBUTR B TKSV T W KEKSCB U UBUUUBUUFrom Of Reformation in England | A |
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Ah Constantine of how much ill was cause | B |
Not thy Conversion but those rich demains | B |
That the first wealthy Pope receiv'd of thee | C |
DANTE Inf xix | B |
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Founded in chast and humble Poverty | C |
'Gainst them that rais'd thee dost thou lift thy horn | D |
Impudent whoore where hast thou plac'd thy hope | E |
In thy Adulterers or thy ill got wealth | F |
Another Constantine comes not in hast | G |
PETRARCA Son | H |
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And to be short at last his guid him brings | B |
Into a goodly valley where he sees | B |
A mighty mass of things strangely confus'd | I |
Things that on earth were lost or were abus'd | I |
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Then past he to a flowry Mountain green | J |
Which once smelt sweet now stinks as odiously | K |
This was that gift if you the truth will have | L |
That Constantine to good Sylvestro gave | M |
ARIOSTO Orl Fur xxxiv | M |
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From Reason of Church Government | N |
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When I die let the Earth be roul'd in flames | B |
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From Apology for Smectymnuus | B |
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Laughing to teach the truth | O |
What hinders as some teachers give to Boys | B |
Junkets and knacks that they may learne apace | B |
HORACE Sat | P |
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Jesting decides great things | B |
Stronglier and better oft than earnest can | Q |
IBID i | R |
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'Tis you that say it not I you do the deeds | B |
And your ungodly deeds find me the words | B |
SOPHOCLES Elec | S |
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From Areopagitica | S |
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This is true Liberty when free born Men | T |
Having to advise the Public may speak free | C |
Which he who can and will deserv's high praise | B |
Who neither can nor will may hold his peace | B |
What can be juster in a state then this | B |
EURIPIDES Supp | E |
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From Tetrachordon | T |
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Whom do we count a good man whom but he | C |
Who keeps the laws and statutes of the Senate | U |
Who judges in great suits and controversies | B |
Whose witness and opinion wins the cause | B |
But his own house and the whole neighbourhood | U |
See his foul inside through his whited skin | T |
HORACE Ep i | R |
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From The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates | B |
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There can be slaine | T |
No sacrifice to God more acceptable | K |
Than an unjust and wicked king | S |
SENECA Herc Fur | V |
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From History of Britain | T |
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Brutus thus addresses Diana in the country of Leogecia | W |
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Goddess of Shades and Huntress who at will | K |
Walk'st on the rowling Sphear and through the deep | E |
On thy third Reign the Earth look now and tell | K |
What Land what Seat of rest thou bidst me seek | S |
What certain Seat where I may worship thee | C |
For aye with Temples vow'd and Virgin quires | B |
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To whom sleeping before the altar Diana in a Vision that night thus answer'd | U |
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Brutus far to the West in th' Ocean wide | U |
Beyond the Realm of Gaul a Land there lies | B |
Sea girt it lies where Giants dwelt of old | U |
Now void it fits thy People thether bend | U |
Thy course there shalt thou find a lasting seat | U |
There to thy Sons another Troy shall rise | B |
And Kings be born of thee whose dredded might | U |
Shall aw the World and conquer Nations bold | U |
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